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Nathan Interns Experience Applied Economics
Two Washington-area students acquired a deeper appreciation\r\nof real-world economics through internships at Nathan Associates Inc., while\r\nNathan benefited from the pair?s talent and commitment. Nathan Associates Summer Interns Sara Asfaw and Colleen Zimmerman Sara G. Asfaw, a business finance and business … Read More
July 22, 2014
Colombia, Free Trade Implementation Activity
The purpose of USAID Facilitando Comercio was to assist Colombia in meeting its commitments to trade facilitation under the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, which took effect May 15, 2012. The project advanced compliance at an operational level and assisted the … Read More
July 16, 2014
Supreme Court Cites Research and Analysis of Principal Economist Alan Meister
May 29, 2014?On May 27, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled\r\nin Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian\r\nCommunity et al., one of the most significant Indian law cases in recent\r\nyears. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the doctrine of tribal\r\nsovereign … Read More
July 8, 2014
TMEA Logistics Innovation for Trade Fund (LIFT)
Incentivising innovations in the logistics sector to foster pro-poor trade in the East African Community
Informal business in the retail sector in East Africa is estimated to represent between 70% and 80% of sales in the region. As a result, “small-scale farmers have found themselves marginalised by the distribution sector and its new practices, and very poor households (for example, slum dwellers) are often paying more per unit for basic products than wealthier households” (World Bank). Moreover, supply chain issues remain a massive challenge – transporting products to market can involve road and railway difficulties and governance issues that can prevent goods crossing international boundaries.
Nevertheless, the EAC has huge potential: it has fast-evolving dynamics including rapid population growth, increasing urbanisation, macroeconomic stability and growth potential. It is increasing foreign and regional investment across sectors. Furthermore, the EAC’s regulatory advances and strong trade blocs make importing easier and enhance supply chains.
Supporting TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) in maximising this potential, Nathan is managing the Logistics Innovations for Trade Challenge Fund (LIFT, 2014 – 2016). LIFT is a $12m challenge fund designed to challenge businesses, private sector organisations and civil society organisations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda to develop ideas aimed at promoting innovation in the transport and logistics sector in order to foster trade across East Africa.
LIFT aims to reduce the risk of investing in disruptive innovative technologies or improved practice; improve the efficiency of transport and logistics by catalysing innovation in the transport and logistics industry, particularly through ICT use, to boost efficiency; empower private sector and civil society organisations to advocate for the removal of regulatory barriers that restrict competition; and increase competition by enabling SMEs to compete against the cartels of large firms that currently dominate the industry.… Read More
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July 1, 2014
West Africa, Impact of Road Transport Industry Liberalization
The movement of goods in West Africa is plagued with difficulty. The most active area for movement comprises the member countries of UEMOA (West Africa Monetary Union) and Ghana, a trade partner and gateway for neighboring francophone countries. At the … Read More
Kosovar Albanians in USAID Program Hear the Roll of ‘Thunder’
May\r\n29, 2014?A pair of Kosovar Albanians visiting Washington, D.C., as part of a\r\nUSAID-supported program rode in a motorcycle parade, heard oratory from elected\r\nofficials, and listened to pipers playing ?Taps? during a Memorial Day weekend outing.\r\nLori Brock, a principal at Nathan … Read More
May 28, 2014
IT and Meeting WTO Trade Facilitation Commitments
On May 6, Lisa Yarmoshuk, a vice president at Nathan Associates, described to customs representatives from around the world how they can use information technology to facilitate trade and meet the requirements of the new WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). … Read More
May 21, 2014
LUNA II Starts!
Lao PDR?U.S. International and ASEAN Integration Project to Build Capacity for Trade Liberalization May 8, 2014 – The Lao PDR – U.S. International and ASEAN Integration Project officially started on April 24, 2014 after U.S. Ambassador Daniel Clune, Vice Minister … Read More
May 8, 2014
ASEAN Single Window Project Hosts Public-Private Symposium in Jakarta
Officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and private sector representatives from Southeast Asia met September 18, 2012, in Jakarta at a symposium cohosted by ASEAN and the ASEAN Single Window project that Nathan Associates manages for USAID … Read More
April 24, 2014
Nathan Associates Awarded ASEAN Connectivity through Trade and Investment Contract
June 4, 2013-USAID has awarded Nathan Associates the contract for the ASEAN Connectivity through Trade and Investment (ACTI) activity. This five-year, $18 million project will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The purpose is to accelerate implementation of the ASEAN Economic … Read More
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